Incinerator combined hopper and door means



March 20, 1945.

INCINERATOR COMBINED HOPPER AND DOOR MEANS Filed Aug. 13, 1943 Fig.2.

INVENTOR. Clayton NeLsonTozer c. N. TOZER 2,371,785

Patented Mar. 20, 1945 w UNITED STATES PATE NT OFFICE TI INOINERATORCOMBINED HOPPER AND noon MEANS Clayton Nelson Tozer, Julian, cam. Application Augustlii, 1943, Serial No. 498,596

4 Claims. (01. 193-34) I My invention relates to a combined hopper and door means for incinerators, more particularly adapted for home or school use and the objects I of my invention are: v

Fourth, to provide a combined hopper and.

door means of this clas which may be fitted into the. conventional incinerator witha side. open ing withbut slight changes; t 4

Fifth, to provide a novelly constructed handle and heat shield for incinerator doors;

Sixth, to provide a combined hopper and door means of this class with a slanting portion with The incinerator I is preferably made of cement or brick and is provided with a rectangularly shaped front. side opening la. into which is fitted the frame 2 and secured by plaster or otherwise. This frame member 2 i an angular member with one member extending into the opening Ibof the incinerator I and the other member 2a fittin against the front side thereof, as shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Secured. to this angle member 2 and extending forwardly and upward ly on an angle therefrom is the shield member overhanging cover to shed rain and make the hopper opening easily accessible; and

Seventh; to provide. a combined. hopper and door means of this class which is very simple and economical of construction, easy to operate, efficient, in*its action and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application in which: T

Figure 1 is a sectional view of my combined hopper and door means taken from the line l--! of Fig; 2 with the doors in closed position and showing the incinerator fragmentarily; Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof shown fragmentarily and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top view taken from line 3-3 of Fig. 1 with the doors closed.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawing;

The incinerator body I. hopper frame 2, shield member 3, doors 4 and 5, inclined hopper front member 6, hopper side wall I. grate 8, door handles 9. and ash door l0 constitute the principal parts and. portions of my incinerator combined hopper and doors means. v r

3 which extends acrossthe front of the incinerator above the opening la, the side walls of which extend upwardly and outwardly on an angle, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawing. It is pro vided at each end with a forwardly extending t'a pered flange portion 3a. This forwardly extending flange portion 3a serves as a stop for the doors when opened to form a portion of the hopper when receiving trash to be burned. This frame 2 is provided with downwardly extending side strips 21) to which the doors 4, and 5 are hinged by means of hinges 4a and 5a. These members 2b and thedoors 4 and 5 are positioned on an angle, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawing, at a substantial right angle to theshield mem her 3. l r

r The door 5 is provided with a plate5 b which extends past the edge of the door and provides a covering for any expansion space between the edges of the doors 4 and 5. Each of the doors 4 and 5 is provided with a handle ,9 which is secured to the door near its front side near the open side as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawing. It consists of a U-shaped member which is secured at its ends to the door and each is provided with a shield portion 9a which is a plate member spaced slightly from the door, as shown best in Fig. 1 and serves to shield the hand from the heat from the door when opening the same.

At the front edge these doors 4 and 5 rest on the upper edge of an inclined hopper front memher 6 which extends downwardly and backwardly to a short distance above the level of the grate 8, as shown best in Fig. 1 of'the drawing. At the lower edge of this member 8 atthe front side there is a hinged ash-door l 0 .at its upper side arranged to facilitate the removal of the ashes below the grate at the front side and cans or other coarse material above the grate.

, The member 2b of the frame member 2 are supported at their upper edges and may be an integral part of the opposite side walls 1 of the hopper. The side members are shaped as shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The operation of my incinerator combined hopper and door means is substantially as follows:

The doors 4 and 5 when opened rest against the flanges 3a of the shield member 3, thus forming upwardly and outwardly extending tapered handles 9.

Though I have shown and described a par ticular construction, combination and (arrangement of parts and portions vI do not wish .to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope ofmy invention thelconstruction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, "what I claim asrnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent'is:

1. In an'incinera'tor combined hopper and door means of the class described, the combination of a frame member secured in the front opening .of the incinerator, an inclined wall hopper securedthereto provided with an inclined plane opening at the upper side, a shield member:secured tosald frame and extending upwardly "at substantially a right angle plane to the plane of said opening and provided with inclined .fianges at its opposite ends disposed at right angles to said shield, and doors hinged on the side walls of saidjhopper at their opposed outer sides and arranged to meet substantially at the middle of said opening when closed and arranged to stop and rest when opened against- .said inclined flanges on said shield. 1

'2. Juan incinerator combinedhopper and door means of the class described, the combination 'of a frame memberasecuredin the front opening of the incinerator, an inclined wall hopper secured thereto provided witha'n inclined plane opening at the upper side, a shield member secured to'said frame andextending upwardly atsubs'tantially a right angle plane to the plane of said opening and provided with inclined flanges at its opposite ends disposed at right angles to said shield, a door hinged on the side walls of said hopper at their opposed outer sides and arranged to meet substantially at the middle of said opening when closed and arranged to stop and rest when opened against said inclined flanges on saidshield, said frame engaging the inner side of the front wall surrounding the incinerator opening.

. 3. In'aninc'inerator combined hopper and door means of theclass described, the combination of a hopper including straight side walls with in- :clined plane upper edges: and an inclined plane frontiside .wall and provided with an inclined planeopening at its upper side, a pair of doors hinged at their opposed outer sides to said side walls at the upper edge arranged to meet at the middle of said hopper on the inclined plane upper side and arranged to form the side wall opening of said hopper when opened, a shield member positioned at substantially a right angle plane to the plane of the opening in the upper side ,Q'f said hQpper provided with extended tapered ends tapering outwardly at its upper side and provided with flanges extending forwardly at right angles to said shield at the opposite ends thereof to 'formstops and supports forsaid doors when opened. I

4. In :an incinerator combined'hopperand door means of the class described, the combination of a hopper including straight side walls with inclined plane upper edges and an inclinedplane front side wall and provided, with an inclined plane opening at its upper side, a pair of doors hinged at their opposed outer'sides to said" side walls at the upper edge arranged to meetat the middle of said hepper on the inclined plane upper side and arranged to form the side wall opening of said hopper when opened, and a shield portedby an angle shaped frame member fitted into the opening of the incinerator.

" CLAYTONNELSON TOZER. 

